Ncfc Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Here's a couple for the anglers on here, forget the hemp and tares, if it's Roach your'e after use a Cormorant We reckoned the Roach be a good one and a half pound fish Shame to waste it on a bird 3 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Dirk Tiggler Posted September 17, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 17, 2015 (edited) This is one of twelve bottles of 4.5% pale ale that my daughter gave me for my 60th a couple of weeks ago. It's brewed and bottled by Kinver Brewery. My daughter who graduated as an illustrator designed the labels from an old picture from when my two were both young. Ade Edited September 17, 2015 by Dirk Tiggler 9 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Winsford Soul Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 This is one of twelve bottles of 4.5% pale ale that my daughter gave me for my 60th a couple of weeks ago. It's brewed and bottled by Kinver Brewery. My daughter who graduated as an illustrator designed the labels from an old picture from when my two were both young. AdeNice one Ade. Hope your enjoying them.Steve 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Saw this little chap while out blackberry picking. Different from the usual ladybirds you see. And last night a huge spider watching Downton with us......as big as the palm of your hand. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Woodbutcher Posted September 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2015 Was bloody hard work staying up all night Sunday for the Lunar Eclipse after being up all night Saturday at the 100 Club anniversary , but as a Soul fan and an astronomer I hadn't much choice ... Well worth the effort though as it capped off a great weekend , thanks again to Ady and the gang for the continued madness , hope the bubbles were OK ... Shot a pre-eclipse tester to make sure everything was connected correctly and focus nailed before grabbing 350 frames at 15 second intervals for a timelapse of the first half between 02:00 and 03:40 before firing off 170 rapid frames for a 'totality' shot at 03:50.Pre-eclipse tester ... Full size ... http://www.astrobin.com/full/214513/0/Totality Blood-red Full Moon ...Full size ... http://www.astrobin.com/full/214815/0/Timelapse of the first half of the eclipse , should have held my nerve and stuck with one exposure really ... Now time to catch up on the sleep methinks ... 12 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Winsford Soul Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Was bloody hard work staying up all night Sunday for the Lunar Eclipse after being up all night Saturday at the 100 Club anniversary , but as a Soul fan and an astronomer I hadn't much choice ... Well worth the effort though as it capped off a great weekend , thanks again to Ady and the gang for the continued madness , hope the bubbles were OK ... Shot a pre-eclipse tester to make sure everything was connected correctly and focus nailed before grabbing 350 frames at 15 second intervals for a timelapse of the first half between 02:00 and 03:40 before firing off 170 rapid frames for a 'totality' shot at 03:50.Pre-eclipse tester ... Full size ... http://www.astrobin.com/full/214513/0/Totality Blood-red Full Moon ...Full size ... http://www.astrobin.com/full/214815/0/Timelapse of the first half of the eclipse , should have held my nerve and stuck with one exposure really ... Now time to catch up on the sleep methinks ... Stunning pictures. Thanks for sharing. Steve 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Crazylegs Posted September 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2015 Makes my little red in the med look a little pathetic! x 7 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Widnes63 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Woodbutcher .....fantastic photos , so vivid ..... plus 100 club was a belter !!!Crazylegs....at least you made the effort , I was in a deep sleep. 3 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Philb Posted September 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2015 5 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Philb Posted September 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2015 Square and compass in the path at The Tower of London. 6 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Suzannek Posted September 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2015 I daren't post up my pathetic effort of the Lunar Eclipse Instead here are a few photos from my walk in the lovely countryside where I live.I take it for granted but I know I am so lucky really. First pic is of some Meadow Cranesbill wildflowers unusually growing by the roadside at Crane Row normally finish flowering in August. Second two pics are at Crane Row looking over towards the purple heather clad hills of Weardale (2 miles from home), 5 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Suzannek Posted September 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2015 Spot the dog down my favourite woods aka The Gaunless Valley Circular Walk 5 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Woodbutcher Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Please do show , it was too great a sight to not post ... If it makes you feel better I'm rubbish at close-up things like flowers ... 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Suzannek Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 I love taking photos of wildflowers What is more I know my wildflowers well Alas I deleted my photos of the moon Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Winsford Soul Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 I love taking photos of wildflowers What is more I know my wildflowers well Alas I deleted my photos of the moon Suz. Sorry you deleted your moon photos. I keep loads that are rubbish and use them as a benchmark for my next attempt. Always love your upper Teesdale posts. Hope it is Upper Teesdale now I've said it. Steve 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Suzannek Posted September 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2015 Thanks Steve, I love seeing other folks photos. The pics I posted are of where I live in Teesdale, I live lower down, than Upper Teesdale but still over a 1000 foot above sea level, in the middle of nowhere lol. In summer within two days I watched a Barn Owl hunt and catch a field vole/small rat and carry it presumably for its owlets in the neighbours cattle shed, then the next day I was pulling into my drive and a Tawny Owl flew across the windscreen of my car. It is teeming with wildlife and wildflowers here Best wishes Suz x 5 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Amsterdam Russ Posted September 29, 2015 Author Share Posted September 29, 2015 I daren't post up my pathetic effort of the Lunar Eclipse Instead here are a few photos from my walk in the lovely countryside where I live.I take it for granted but I know I am so lucky really. First pic is of some Meadow Cranesbill wildflowers unusually growing by the roadside at Crane Row normally finish flowering in August. Second two pics are at Crane Row looking over towards the purple heather clad hills of Weardale (2 miles from home), If there's one thing I miss about the UK since moving to the Netherlands, it's the countryside - gently sloping hills, an undulating horizon and the like are a welcome sight when you're in a land as flat and as managed as this (it's so well managed they even plant the trees in straight lines!). Thanks for sharing. 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Crazylegs Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 (edited) I know what you mean, I lived in Amsterdam for a while, fabulous country, but can be a little "well managed".If anyone on here likes the countryside, I can highly recommend our little island here in the Med, its has UNESCO Biosphere Status, is very green and has the most stunning landscapes. I must take more walks with my camera and post a few, trouble is, I only have a 'happy snappy'camera, so I cant capture its majesty and grandeur.Ill have a go!xIf there's one thing I miss about the UK since moving to the Netherlands, it's the countryside - gently sloping hills, an undulating horizon and the like are a welcome sight when you're in a land as flat and as managed as this (it's so well managed they even plant the trees in straight lines!). Thanks for sharing. Edited September 29, 2015 by crazylegs 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Amsterdam Russ Posted September 29, 2015 Author Share Posted September 29, 2015 I know what you mean, I lived in Amsterdam for a while, fabulous country, but can be a little "well managed".If anyone on here likes the countryside, I can highly recommend our little island here in the Med, its has UNESCO Biosphere Status, is very green and has the most stunning landscapes. I must take more walks with my camera and post a few, trouble is, I only have a 'happy snappy'camera, so I cant capture its majesty and grandeur.Ill have a go!x Which island? Better still, get out there with your camera, take some snaps, and we'll have a guess! My first guess is Lanzarote... 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Crazylegs Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Which island? Better still, get out there with your camera, take some snaps, and we'll have a guess! My first guess is Lanzarote...Too dryx 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Amsterdam Russ Posted September 29, 2015 Author Share Posted September 29, 2015 Too dryx Corsica... 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Crazylegs Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Too French xCorsica... 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Amsterdam Russ Posted September 29, 2015 Author Share Posted September 29, 2015 Too French x Then it has to be Elba! 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Crazylegs Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Me temo que no senorx Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Amsterdam Russ Posted September 29, 2015 Author Share Posted September 29, 2015 Me temo que no senorxThird time lucky… Menorca? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Suzannek Posted September 29, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 29, 2015 (edited) A couple of photos I took tonight where I live, looking over towards the sun going down over the fields at Wham where I live and walking down towards Cockfield Fell Edited September 29, 2015 by suzannek 9 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Crazylegs Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Third time lucky… Menorca?You peeked! 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Winsford Soul Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Had a family group of 5 Swallows fly south over my back garden this afternoon. Don't think I will see anymore this year. Should still be a few house Martin's around for a few weeks yet. Anyone else seen any lately ? Steve 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Suzannek Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 All the swallows and housemartins gone. Saw a flock of Lapwings/peewits this evening Suz x 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Amsterdam Russ Posted September 29, 2015 Author Share Posted September 29, 2015 Had a family group of 5 Swallows fly south over my back garden this afternoon. Don't think I will see anymore this year. Should still be a few house Martin's around for a few weeks yet. Anyone else seen any lately ? SteveSaw a few a couple of weeks ago from our balcony. Normally all we see from there are swifts, so I can only presume that the swallows and martins were extending their hunting grounds as the insect population decreases with the dropping temperatures.Have seen a number of birds of prey from the same balcony over the same period - much more so that I've usually seen and guess they're also extending their range in the search for food. You peeked! Thank goodness. I was running out of ideas. Now for the photos, please... 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Woodbutcher Posted September 30, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2015 (edited) Just been trawling through the reams of data collected on Sunday night , had to have my first play with 'Layers' in Gimp to compile this one ... Full resolution ... http://www.astrobin.com/full/215849/0/?real=&mod=( well not really full res as the original TIFF file ran out at 900Mb ... !!! )The Mono images are all single frames and the two colour images are both stacks of 150 or so. Edited September 30, 2015 by WoodButcher 7 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post DeltaSouth Posted September 30, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2015 my hometown in the 40sloc.gov photo archive 5 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post DeltaSouth Posted September 30, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2015 recent moon event me, when someone plays snoopdog 7 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Tattoodave Posted October 1, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted October 1, 2015 Two elusive autumn flowering bulbs I spotted yesterday,Sternbergia lutea at GrazelemaMerendera filifolia on Sierra de Las Nieves 6 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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Popular Post DeltaSouth Posted October 1, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted October 1, 2015 a lead singer from a popular band stopped in our store, back in january. the miller family produced slim harpo, lightnin slim, lazy lester, lonesome sundown, katie webster, lionel prevost, warren storm, sonny landreth... and many other artists.i guess robert wanted to soak up some of the history... and check out the zydeco squeezeboxes in stock.:^) a lot of folks attending the ponderosa stomp have been stopping by... in recent days. 6 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post DeltaSouth Posted October 1, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted October 1, 2015 (edited) mark miller (JD's son), some lead singer fellow, and warren stormJD is the guy in the photo, on the wall... Warren Storm will be performing at the Ponderosa Stomp, this season... i quite enjoy my job.i focus on the miller's vinyl archive, for them. Edited October 1, 2015 by VinylvilleLA 4 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post DeltaSouth Posted October 1, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted October 1, 2015 if you walk out of our shop, and face north... this is what you see. 5 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Peter99 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 if you walk out of our shop, and face north... this is what you see.What and where is your shop mate? P Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
DeltaSouth Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 What and where is your shop mate? PI work for the JD Miller family who own Blues Unlimited, Soul Unlimited, Master Trak and many other record labels here in Crowley, LA USA Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Peter99 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I work for the JD Miller family who own Blues Unlimited, Soul Unlimited, Master Trak and many other record labels here in Crowley, LA USAThanks. Interesting.Peter 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
DeltaSouth Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Crowley, LA 1938The record company I work for started in this town, in 1946 3 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Suzannek Posted October 6, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted October 6, 2015 This is a collage I have done of two wildflowers people get mixed up with which are completely different, they even flower at different times. My favourite wildflower the Harebell and the English Bluebell. All taken this year where I live 8 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Martyn Pitt Posted October 6, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted October 6, 2015 A couple of Migrant Hawkers from the weekendI wasn't carrying the right kit for these really, I was set up for shots of birds, so it was quite a challenge to find these using 700mm of lens 8 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Suzannek Posted October 7, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted October 7, 2015 These are from a walk out at Wham where I live yesterday (6.10.15) evening. Just as John Keats the poet says 'tis the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness' 7 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Martyn Pitt Posted October 7, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted October 7, 2015 A Peregrine Falcon decided he fancied a bit of Lapwing for his lunch ... however the Lapwing had other ideas, and managed to avoid being first up on the menu 13 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Martyn Pitt Posted October 10, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted October 10, 2015 We cut down a few willow trees up in the marsh, which opened up the small brook that feeds the reservoir, which meant I got to see a few of these bombing up and down, even managed to get a couple static for a second or two 15 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Peter99 Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 We cut down a few willow trees up in the marsh, which opened up the small brook that feeds the reservoir, which meant I got to see a few of these bombing up and down, even managed to get a couple static for a second or two Wow! They're wonderful pictures Martyn. Peter 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Woodbutcher Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 (edited) Well , barring a yet to be announced final flight , today was the last opportunity to see this magnificent machine doing her thing , in the sky where she belongs ... Luckily it was just a Sunday afternoon jolly not a "working" flight as they were a couple of miles off the pre-published flight path . This meant that the 300mm was barely adequate but at least I got to say goodbye with her roaring by ... 108 roughly cropped and stitched into a movie of sorts. https://youtu.be/s2N6jP4ZXiw?t=1s Edited October 11, 2015 by WoodButcher 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Winsford Soul Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Well I got back from Pembrokeshire yesterday after spending a wonderful week there. Managed a few pictures of some Atlantic grey seal pups. Will post when I get chance to download them. Got a few more badger pictures to add to my collection. Seen plenty of Swallows virtually every day. Was paddling about knee deep on Amroth beach when I was surprised to see a school of seabass about 8" long chasing fry of some description all around me . Was a very special experience. Wish I had my camera moment.Steve 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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